A well stocked freezer it is not a full freezer but the one that contains "essential" foods, or those products that, given the time of thawing, save us a lunch or a dinner when we have not done the shopping or we do not have time to cook. What are they? Here are the "must haves" according to us.
From fried to aromatic herbs
Frozen pieces of celery, carrot and onion washed and dried well, in simple frost sachets or in a small container (such as plastic coffee cups or ice bucket). You will have everything you need to prepare a perfect flight fried. Don't forget the herbs fresh to prepare your favorite dishes. You can chop them in a mixer to not take up too much space in the freezer and then defrost them directly in the pot when you need them.
From bread to piadine
The bread it is the food that cannot really be missing in your freezer. How many lunches and how many dinners saved, how many shoes enjoyed and how many cold cuts tasted, all thanks to frozen bread and pulled out at the right time. The council is to preserve small whole sandwiches or slice a vein or one baguettes faster to thaw, perhaps with a pass in oven to make them crunchy and even tastier. You can also do (or buy) some wraps and freeze them, they will be ready in a few minutes when you take them out of the freezer.
Sauces to keep in the freezer
A good pasta always fits everyone. Your freezer will have to find space for sauces to flavor it even in the last minute. In addition to simple pastas, we recommend the sauce of pepperoni, the one tomato and bacon, ai artichokes, with aubergines for a quick pasta alla normathe pesto, the pumpkin pulp to which add a little browned pancetta.
Meat and fish
In addition to the classic sliced pieces of meat that can be chicken or beef, it is always useful to keep burgers and sausages in the freezer to suddenly organize an informal dinner, and then chicken thighs is meatballs ready to cook (or minced meat to prepare them) thinking of the tastes of the little ones. The fish it should be frozen after washing and cleaning it well, eliminating head and tail to occupy less space. In addition to whole fish and fillets, you can also freeze mussels, clams, i octopus, cuttlefish and i squid, to pull out a few hours before consuming them. Making a good supply and keeping them in the freezer is a great way to organize lunch and dinner without having to resort to makeshift solutions, quickly assembling what you find in fridge, giving rise to improbable dishes and very often calorie and little nutrients.
Ice (not taken for granted)
It may seem obvious but it is not at all. Remember to keep the freezer in the freezer ice! In cubes, ready to use, to prepare cocktail of improvised homemade aperitifs or to cool or keep cool drinks and wine.
Meal prep
The freezer is very useful for storing dishes prepared in advance, perhaps the ones we cooked on Sundays and which during the week we only have to take care of thawing and heating. How to organize yourself? Here are our tips for the so-called meal prep.
How to freeze food in the fridge
To finish a few council on how to freeze food, three rules simple that will improve food storage and help the freezer run better. Rule number one: do not overload the freezer trying to make a puzzle between foods. To work well – and to freeze well above all – the cold must be able to circulate. Rule number two: do not freeze food yet hot, it will take much longer to freeze and will raise the temperature inside the freezer, which will have to work harder (with an energy consumption) to bring the temperature back to the right level. Rule number three: write the date where you freeze food on frost sachets or on the containers you put in the freezer. They will help you remember how long they have been there and which, therefore, to consume before.
